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Gun Weapons Research Paper

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The technology behind gunfire and the mechanisms of firearms is not as complicated as one might think. Almost every gun has to have a Muzzle, a Breech, a Hammer and a Trigger. The Muzzle (or the front) of the gun which is where the bullet comes out of varies in size, thickness, and barrel number depending on the type of firearm. The Breech (or the Back) of the gun either has a spring to make the gun fire, or is where the gun loads from. Earlier guns could only be loaded in the Muzzle and newer firearms load in the Breech with either magazines filled with cartridges or just a few bullets being put in the firearm at a time. The Hammer is the part of the gun that makes contact with the bullets primer which ignites the powder and pushes the bullet …show more content…

The flintlock mechanism is the simplest and most reliable gun ever made. To make this type of gun work you only needed a piece of flint a piece of steel. The four main parts of flint lock guns are a hammer, a mainspring, a frizzen, and a pan. These are the only parts needed to make the gun fire but in order to load the pan, protect it from getting wet and triggering the hammer there are the tumbler which holds and releases the hammer, the sear and sear spring which engage and release the tumbler when the trigger is pulled, and the frizzen spring which holds the cover over the pan to make it weather proof, the mainspring which presses the tumbler and rotates the hammer. The basic goal of this mechanism was to create a spark which would light a small amount of gun powder in the barrel of the gun. In order to make the sparks there was a piece of flint held in the Hammer which was powered by the mainspring, when the trigger is pulled the mainspring moves releasing the hammer which strikes the piece of flint against a piece of steel or iron creating sparks. These sparks go into the “pan” where the gun powder is kept. The gun powder ignites creating a high pressure gas which pushes the bullet out the

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